Learn more about taking a loved one with dementia to a care home, how the care team and you can help them to settle in and what to do if they want to go home.

Every care home resident has a story. Today, we’d love to share Margaret’s. Find out all about her creative side, stories and achievements over on the blog.

Learn more about the five essential qualities of any care home, how to know which is right for your loved one and how five simple questions can help your search

Discover how dementia can change your loved one’s relationship to food and how food and mealtimes can be managed to make sure they are well fed and cared for.

Learn more about the differences between palliative care and hospice care, and when one type of care is more appropriate than the other for your loved one.

Whether you are planning ahead or facing an urgent hospital discharge, finding the right care home can feel overwhelming. There are many factors to consider: quality of care, staff experience, atmosphere, safety, activities, and cost.

Find out more about how dementia progresses, why early diagnosis can help preserve quality of life & when a specialist residential care home stay is essential.

Find out why many dementia care homes have music-based activities, how music therapy can help, and why some people find it easier to sing rather than speak.

Discover why we employ an in-house physiotherapist and learn about the benefits your loved one can experience from moving more, in whatever way works for them.

At Cleeve Lodge in Goring-on-Thames, it isn’t about a label on a report. It’s about what happens quietly, consistently and compassionately every single day.

At Cleeve Lodge Residential Care Home, we can provide the care that people need when frail or have dementia. But how do you know when they should move in?

Goring-on-Thames’s Cleeve Lodge is proud to have achieved three Outstanding CQC ratings (2016, 2019, 2025). Find out what personalised care looks like.

Find out more about how to make the difficult decision to move into a care home, and what factors will shape when a person with dementia would benefit most.

Learn more about the causes of vascular dementia, as well as the signs someone may be developing the condition, and how it differs from Alzheimer’s disease.

The purposes of treatment and care plans can vary, but they typically intend to either prevent a condition, reduce its effects or relieve its symptoms. Palliative care is focused on the latter, and it is a remarkably far-reaching field. Also known as supportive care, palliative care can and often is provided at any stage of an illness, not only for people with terminal or end-stage conditions. In many cases, it is provided alongside curative treatment to help relieve any side effects. Because it

In the vast majority of cases, health and social care is about ensuring people live as comfortable and independent a life as possible, with carers on hand to assist with needs that are not as easy to take care of. This is particularly important for progressive conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, where early intervention and effective social care can help to slow the rate at which it develops and ensure people with it live as well as possible

The link between head injuries and the likelihood that people will need dementia care in later life is well attested, with a new study from Canada adding to the evidence. A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal highlighted evidence showing that traumatic brain injuries sustained in falls by people aged over 65 were a major factor in the dementia risk. Those who suffered such an injury were 69 per cent more likely to develop dementia within five years and 56